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• American Ancestors

  Web site of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Library Catalog

  • NEHGS Library and Special Collections

• American-French Genealogical Society - Library

  More than 20,000 volumes of vital statistics, family genealogies, biographies, reference books, histories, and genealogical journals and publications of regional, national, and international scope. Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

• Digital State Archives - Rhode Island

• FamilySearch - FamilySearch Center Locator: Rhode Island

  From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

• FamilySearch Catalog

  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

  • Rhode Island

• LibDex - The Library Index - Rhode Island

  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

• Library of Congress - Search results for Rhode Island

• National Archives and Records Administration

  • National Archives at Boston

    Records for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

    • Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Northeast Region, Waltham (Boston)

  • Request and Order Reproductions

  • Resources for Genealogists

• Newberry Library - Rhode Island Genealogy

• Office of the Secretary of State: State Archives

  • For Researchers

    The Rhode Island State Archives holds historical records, dating from 1638 to the present, that are available to the public for research at the Westminster Street facility.

  • State Archives Catalog

    Browse by Collections, Digital Content, Subjects, Creators, Record Groups.

• Public Libraries in the United States - Rhode Island

  A directory with detailed information for public libraries in each state.

• PublicLibraries.com - Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Historical Records Repositories Directory

  From the Rhode Island Historical Records Advisory Board.

• Rhode Island Historical Society Research Library

  Providence.

  • Reference Services

• Rhode Island State Archives - Digital Library

• Rhode Island State Archives - Digital Library

• Rhode Island State Library

• Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Records Center

  • Research in the Archives

    Information on how to gain access to naturalization records (1793-1974), divorce records (1749-1900), civil cases (1671-1900), and criminal cases (1671-1900) that were processed through the Rhode Island colonial and state judicial system.

• Smith's Master Index to Maritime Museum Websites - Rhode Island (Wayback Machine)

• United Methodist Church - Annual Conference Commissions on Archives and History

  List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.